Unpublished conference/Abstract (Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings)
A new reading of primary sources via the digital analysis of social networks. ‘The Werner Committee and the debates on European economic and monetary integration’
DH and Social Science; European Integration Process; Digital Methods and Tools; The Werner Committee; The Werner Report; Econoöic and Monetary Union Networks
Abstract :
[en] This pilot project was carried out in connection with the CVCE’s strategy of combining humanities and social sciences research with digital tools and publishing the results via its digital research infrastructure on European integration, CVCE.eu. Methods borrowed from social network analysis and qualitative data analysis were applied to a specific section of the digital publication on the 1970 Werner Report, a publication which was compiled on the basis of the ‘traditional’ exploration and interpretation of a vast number of previously unpublished primary sources. 2
The aim of the analysis was to summarise and visualise the negotiations within the Werner Committee so as to shed new light on the historical facts. By using this innovative technique we were able to demonstrate links, affinities and oppositions among the members of the committee, identify the influence of individual Member States in the ongoing dispute between ‘economists’ and ‘monetarists’ which characterised the debates on EMU, and highlight contributions to the political consensus on the Werner Report.
Research center :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
History Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others Computer science Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
DANESCU, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Heimbach, Henriette; Deutscher Bundestag
DURING, Marten ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
GUIDO, Daniele ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
A new reading of primary sources via the digital analysis of social networks. ‘The Werner Committee and the debates on European economic and monetary integration’
Publication date :
10 June 2016
Event name :
DH Benelux 2016 - Building a Platform for the Community of Interdisciplinary DH Researchers
Event organizer :
University of Luxembourg Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance pour l'Europe (CVCE) Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) Luxembourg
Event place :
Belval, Luxembourg
Event date :
From 09.06.2016 to 10.06.2016
Audience :
International
Focus Area :
Computational Sciences
Name of the research project :
A new reading of primary sources via the digital analysis of social networks. ‘The Werner Committee and the debates on European economic and monetary integration’